lievällä

Lievällä is a Finnish grammatical form of the adjective lievä, meaning mild or gentle. It is used to describe a state, condition, or symptom that is not severe, and it is most common in health and everyday language to indicate low intensity or degree.

In Finnish grammar lievä is an adjective that declines like a noun. Lievällä is the adessive singular form, which means it modifies a noun in the adessive case (the case often translated as “on” or indicating state or condition). Examples include lievällä kivulla (with mild pain) and lievällä kuumeella (with mild fever). The corresponding plural form is lievillä oireilla (with mild symptoms). The form lies within the system of vowel harmony and regular Finnish inflection.

Lievällä is often used in medical or health-related contexts, but it also appears in general speech. It communicates that something is mild, not acute or serious, and it can apply to symptoms, injuries, illnesses, or reactions. The word is commonly paired with nouns such as kipu, kuume, oire, tai vaara to convey low severity: lievää kipua, lievä kipu, lievää kuumetta, lievät oireet, lievällä kipulla, lievällä kuumeella, riippuen syntaksista.

Nuance-wise, lievä is less intense than vakava (serious) or vakava, and it is closer to moderate or mild. The adessive form lievällä emphasizes state or condition as something present on or with the subject.

Related terms include lievä (the base adjective), lievästi (the adverb meaning mildly), and bistable phrases that contrast with more severe expressions.